Being a king was not about pleasing people. It was about controlling them.
Together they watched the fireflies twinkle in and out like hopes in the darkness.
Just remember when temptation comes your way that a boy will drink beyond his means and a man will know when he’s had enough. Yes,
Just because you forget the world does not mean that the world forgets you.
Look to the plank of wood in your own eye before you remove the mote of sawdust from mine
Bishops of Rouen, Fécamp and Jumièges. A
Those who walk with their heads in the air usually don’t see the shit on the ground until they tread in it.
To have power and contentment at the same time, that is a rare thing indeed.
His gaze. ‘But then my responsibilities would be much greater,
And what is truth, since it changes according to each individual's perception?
All that remains is regret for what might have been. It is like standing in the ashes of a fire you once approached to warm your body a little, but which burned you to the bone instead. Now the ashes...
When the need is so great, no matter how much love you pour into a bowl, it will never be full. Or sometimes it is damaged, and the love all runs out through the hole in the bottom.
The children either become like their parents or else they flee in the opposite direction.
Going anywhere, he said. Sleep. He held and stroked her. Things could never be the same, but to be shown the light in the darkness was a wondrous gift from God and he was determined to follow it and f...
Brotherly love
Brats, he muttered under his breath.They take after you, my lord, Alienor said sweetly.
I've not come this far, fought this hard, loved this much to lose it all before the feast has even begun.
While writing The Summer Queen, I was constantly told that Alienor was a woman ahead of her time. But my own take is that she was a woman of her time doing her best within the boundaries of what socie...
What kind of a promise ?One that only a fool asks of a madman
When you look at them as babies in the cradle, you never know what they are going to become, but you always hope for the best.
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